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» Increase the respite care grant by €325 to €1,700 per annum for 86,000 carers: €28 million
Hearing Implants for deaf children
» Provide bilateral cochlear implants for 200 profoundly deaf children: €12.58 million
Protecting Welfare and Benefit payments
» No more Child Benefit cuts & maintain social welfare rates
Tackling fuel poverty
» Extend the fuel season for Fuel Allowance by 3 weeks: €23.85 million
Reducing the cost of back to school
» Reduce parents’ school books bills by providing half of core subject books free to every child: €15 million
Tackling child hunger
» Tackle child hunger by rolling out school meals to an additional 500 schools: €11 million
Free GP care
» Extend free GP care to under 5s: €34 million
Additional frontline workers
» Ring-fence a budget to allow for the additional hiring of frontline essential staff, including employing 230 Special Needs Assistants: €40 million
Tax Adjustments
Tax Adjustment Tax Back
» Save 1.8 million homeowners an average of €278 each per annum by abolishing the property tax: €500 million
Tax Adjustment Tax Back (cont.)
» Take 296,000 people earning below €17,542 out of the Universal Social Charge: €94 million
Tax Adjustment Tax Back (cont.)
» Deduction for partial year effect: €405 million
Tax Adjustment Tax Back (cont.)
» Allow for net effects of salary reductions: €13 million
Tax Raising Measures
Income tax
» Introduce new 3rd rate of tax of 48% on income earned in excess of €100,000: Raises €365 million
Tax Reliefs & Tax Evasion
» Standardise pension tax reliefs: Raises €343 million » Increase Revenue Commissioner activity to target tax evasion: Raises €100 million
Tax Reliefs & Tax Evasion (cont.)
» Standardise investment in film relief (€33.6m) and rented residential relief under Section 23 (€11.7m): Raises €45.3 million » Reduce mortgage interest deductions against rent for landlords from 75% to 40%: Raises €157 million
Discretionary Taxes
» Re-introduce the Non-Principal Private Residence charge and charge it at €400: Raises €151 million » Increase DIRT by 3% to 36%: Raises €46 million
Discretionary Taxes (cont.)
» Increase once-off charge for establishing a discretionary trust by 1% (currently 6%) and the annual charge from 1% to 1.5%: Raises €0.5 million
Discretionary Taxes (cont.)
» Enact the taxation provisions of the Betting Bill and apply 3% to online bets and 15% gross profit tax for remote betting intermediaries; and extend an additional 2% to the betting shop tax, bringing it to 3%: €114 million
Wealth taxes
» Increase CGT to 40%: Raises €98 million » Increase CAT to 40% and lower thresholds: Raises €108 million » Introduce 1% wealth tax on net wealth in excess of €1 million with exclusions as defined in our legislation (view full document for more on 1% wealth tax)
Excise Duty & VAT
» Increase excise duty on packet of cigarettes by 20 cent: Raises €35.8 million
Pensions
» Reduce the earnings cap for pension contributions from €115,000 per annum to €70,000 per annum: Raises €130 million » Increase tax take from super pensions by raising imputed distributed percentage (ARFS): Raises €25 million
PRSI & USC
» Introduce a new employers’ rate of PRSI of 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per annum: Raises €119.1 million
Carry-over
» Carry-over: €583 million
Savings
Health
» Deliver further savings on branded medicines and alter prescribing practices: saves €258 million
Health (cont.)
» Introduction of generic substitution and reference pricing for the 20 most commonly used off-patent medications: saves €66 million
Health (cont.)
» Partial introduction of full cost of private care in public hospitals: saves €120 million
Health (cont.)
» Implementation of measures to improve system productivity, including strategic purchasing: saves €205.9 million
Health (cont.)
» Reduce consultants’ pay by 15% on income between €150,000 and €200,000; and 30% on income of over €200,000 per annum: saves €9 million
Public Pay & Pensions
» Reductions in public sector pay & pensions, including 15% reduction in public sector salary between €100,000 & €150,000 and 30% on income over €150,000: saves €31.5 million
Oireachtas Pay & Allowances
» Oireachtas Pay & Allowances, including Taoiseach and Ministers reduced by 50% of everything over €75,000, and TDs and Senators reduced to €75,000 and €60,000: saves €3.7 million
General government expenditure
» Professional fees and general department spend: saves €76.7 million
Education
» Phased withdrawal of private school annual state subsidy: Saves €36.3 million
Foreign Affairs and Trade
» Sell Rome and Paris embassy buildings and rent lower cost buildings: saves €62 million